Colorado Eagles owner Martin Lind, a proud American Hockey League partner of the Avalanche, has seen “significant hemorrhage” to his Northern Colorado businesses from the coronavirus pandemic.
The Loveland-based Eagles haven’t played since March 11, when they defeated the visiting Texas Stars 3-1 at the Budweiser Events Center, and Lind’s massive development project just east of Interstate 25 in Loveland has been put on hold.
Dubbed by Lind as “the new downtown of northern Colorado,” the project includes a new 10,000-seat arena for the Eagles and multiple youth rinks to help build hockey in the area. It also includes plans for a 300-room hotel overlooking an entertainment strip where the Larimer County Fairgrounds (aka The Ranch) currently sits.